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Often appears with: shipwreck and peril at sea · famine, scarcity, and plenty · trade, markets, and merchants · the fear of death · suicide and self-destruction · southern rocks reef · signals of distress · ship at anchor · royal patronage and court rites · roads, journeys, and overland travel · religious persecution and toleration · pompey consulship
Usually: narrative (5) · verse (2) · confronting death (2) · sudden reversal of fortune (2) · curiosity (2) · detachment (2) · lament (2) · wonder (2) · crisis of belief (1) · injustice endured (1)
“Considering with himself that it was necessary for him to lessen his number, both for the safety of himself and the rest.” Richard Hakluyt, Voyager's Tales · insight
“Time, Tide, and Space, We bound unto the task That thou shouldst fall, and such an one should ask.” Rudyard Kipling, Verses 1889-1896 · insight
It continues 1073–1074, repeating the devastation of Maine, then narrating child Edgar’s arrival in Scotland, diplomatic gift exchange with Malcolm and Margaret, shipwreck, and William granting him rights.
much injured by destroying the vineyards, burning the towns, and spoiling the land. But they subdued it all into the hand of King William, and afterwards returned home to England. A.D. 1074. This year King William went over sea to Normandy; and child Edgar came from Flanders into Scotland on St. Grimbald's mass-day; where King Malcolm and his sister Margaret received him with much pomp. At the same time sent Phili…
Chanticleer concludes that dreams should not be dismissed, then recounts another tale where a contrary man’s dream warning prevents drowning by altering a sea voyage that otherwise ends in shipwreck.
carter, and so sore him pined,** *seized **tortured And eke the hostelere so sore engined,* *racked That they beknew* their wickedness anon, *confessed And were hanged by the necke bone. “Here may ye see that dreames be to dread. And certes in the same book I read, Right in the nexte chapter after this (I gabbe* not, so have I joy and bliss), *talk idly Two men that would, have passed over sea, …
At dawn Robinson spots a ship anchored offshore, runs to the southern rocks where he previously was wrecked by a current, and sees the wreck of a vessel cast onto concealed reefs, then speculates on possible rescue or disaster outcomes.
a hull I could not distinguish—no, not with my glass: the distance was so great, and the weather still something hazy also; at least, it was so out at sea. I looked frequently at it all that day, and soon perceived that it did not move; so I presently concluded that it was a ship at anchor; and being eager, you may be sure, to be satisfied, I took my gun in my hand, and ran towards the south side of the island to th…
A poem titled “THE DERELICT” presents a ship’s perspective as it is wrecked and left to drift, describing its suffering, the forces of sea and current, and fear that no rescue comes.
*And reports the derelict *Mary Pollock* still at sea.* SHIPPING NEWS. I was the staunchest of our fleet Till the sea rose beneath our feet Unheralded, in hatred past all measure. Into his pits he stamped my crew, Buffeted, blinded, bound and threw, Bidding me eyeless wait upon his pleasure. Man made me, and my will Is to my maker still, Whom now the currents con, …
Ovid, shipwrecked on the Getic shore, recalls hearing the goddess (Fama) promise that with Pompey’s consulship he will have a better year and return to Rome’s public honors.
Getici litoris actus aquas, qua tamen inueni uultum diffundere causam possim fortunae nec meminisse meae. 10 nam mihi cum fulua solus spatiarer harena uisa est a tergo penna dedisse sonum. de consulatu sexti pompe(i)i *FB2H2* pompeio amico suo *M* ad sextum pompeium *I2* || 3 nec] non *F* || 4 rubis *ex* iubis *F* || 6 ut] quin *M2ul* || nulla] ulla *M2ul* || parte *BCMFHILT, sicut coni Bentley* pace *P* || 8 aquas]…
On 8 October 1568 the castaways reached the Bay of Mexico but, suffering famine and ship damage, were split: half went ashore while the second boat was driven back and several men—two among Captain Bland’s—drowned.
hides, cats and dogs, mice, rats, parrots, and monkeys, to be short, our hunger was so great that we thought it savoury and sweet whatsoever we could get to eat. And on the 8th of October we came to land again, in the bottom of the Bay of Mexico, where we hoped to have found some inhabitants, that we might have had some relief of victuals and a place where to repair our ship, which was so greatly bruised that we wer…
Pampirus tells of being pressed by his father, going into trading, losing everything by shipwreck, losing his wife, and then considering hanging himself or entering monasteries.
*Gl.* I pity thee. But what did you propose to yourself after that? *Pa.* To do as it is usual in desperate Cases. My Father had cast me off, my Fortune was consum'd, my Wife was lost, I was every where call'd a Sot, a Spendthrift, a Rake and what not? Then I began to deliberate seriously with myself, whether I should hang myself or no, or whether I should throw myself into a Monastery. *Eu.* You were cruelly put t…